Month: October 2025

Linda Lewis, #43, "Fine Art Jewelry"   While the 140 artists participating in the 2025 Open Studios Art Tour work in many materials and produce many kinds of art, their…

In 2025, more than 80 volunteer tutors from The Literacy Connection, a program of SLO County Public Libraries, have helped 184 local adult learners improve their reading, writing and English…

Following its stellar 50th anniversary spectacular presented in August and September, The Great American Melodrama has returned to its usual fare—but not to the tried and true melodramas of the…

Gayle Rappaport-Weiland arranges her hand-painted products on the display table in her Pismo Beach studio. Jim Tyler of San Luis Obispo packs up his pastel paintings of Central Coast landscapes. …

Opera fans in San Luis Obispo who have followed coloratura soprano Alba Franco-Cancél will be pleased to know that she is returning to the area this month to perform in…

Central Coast Theatre Company presents Hadestown (Teen Edition) in three performances October 17-18 at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts. Step into a haunting and hopeful world where ancient…

“Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through fog with linguists and contenders.” — Walt Whitman ("The Poet of Prizefighters") Audiences love stories about fighters, because the…

Certain rock 'n' roll genres have more staying power than others. Some, like yacht rock, went away for decades before recently making a triumphant return. Since the early 1970s, when…

Near the beginning of Self-Help, one of the main characters—a beleaguered actor married to another actor—yearns for the satisfaction of “a warm round of applause.” Well, that’s what the cast…

“They feel called to support local cinema.” Skye McLennan is describing the donors who have already stepped up to support the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival’s campaign to ensure…